[Rockhounds] Goble, Oregon collecting report

[Julie Siebel]

I haven't even READ this and already I hate you. lol. I was sitting here 
writing a trip report and just thinking: "I wonder how Bill would write 
this 
up?" Now I know. ;) You beat me to it!
 
It was a GREAT time, especially for such a short trip. Thanks so much for 
getting together with us. We'd been to most of the "sites" before and 
apparently had just missed half of them. For 
those we didn't actually miss, the 1st-2nd-3rd times around, it was nice to 
have 
someone who actually KNEW what minerals we were finding without us having 
to 
check a guide and guess.    
 
Thanks, Bill, so much. It was great to meet you and Mike, and we really had 

a wonderful time!
 
Anyway, I'll finish mine, with pics.
 
Julie
 
P.S. I just glanced through - I beg to differ on that "John found the best 
piece" for Goble Creek, damn it. That was MY piece and was one of the best 
I 
found today! lol - Neener.

  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <billtompkinscccc at comcast.net>
To: <rockhounds at lists.drizzle.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2009 4:33 PM
Subject: [Rockhounds] Goble, Oregon collecting report

> Goble, Oregon USA 
> 26th Jul 2009 
> 
> I 
went crystal collecting today with John & Julie Siebel, who some of you 
might know from the list. They were in town from Santa, Idaho and contacted 
me 
about some collecting trip possiblilities. We decided on Goble, Oregon. 
> 
We arrived in Goble around 9:30am and started at the Neer Road sites. The 
famous 
Neer Road pit is now posted No Trespassing, so we only spent a very few 
minutes 
there, actually across the road, collecting small cabinet and smaller sized 

pieces from the ditch. While we did not find anything great, we did find a 
few 
worth taking home. Zeolites such as chabazite, stilbite, thomsonite and 
druzy 
heulandite. Nothing over 1/2 inch crystals, but worth looking at with a 
scope at 
home. 
> Next, we went to the Goble Creek site for a few minutes, because 
it's right alongside highway 30 and kinda loud. John found the best piece, 
a 
handsized piece with chabazite on one side and stilbite and thomsonite on 
the 
other. 
> Next, we tried the Goble Quarry, aka Nicolai quarry because it's 
up Nicolai road from highway 30. We were told by the security guard there 
that 
his instructions were simple - NO ! And, he said, it's too bad because 
there are 
crystals all over the end where rockhounds want to collect and the quarry 
is not 
working up there. Oh, well. Lawyers !! And insurance agents !! We asked. 
They 
said no. 
> Next stop, the Jaquish roadcut. We collected for a while 
there, at several of the dumpsites for the red ash layer boulders that were 

pushed aside years ago during the blasting. We again found lots of 
zeolites, but 
this time some that were too small to I.D. in the field, so more scope work 
at 
home later. The dump at the corner of Jaquish Road and highway 30 is 
getting 
more difficult and could be considered worked out. We did better over by 
the 
railroad tracks. 
> Next and last stop, the Reuben Quarry behind the 
Jaquish roadcut. The gate was open !! So we drove in and went all the way 
to the 
far end and parked right beside some very productive boulders. We found 
calcites, along with stilbite, chabazite and thomsonite that were 
associated 
with native copper !! Cool. You could see the copper inside the calcites 
and the 
chabazites with a naked eye, and some native copper standing alone. Can't 
wait 
to look those pieces over with my scope. 
> All and all, a pretty nice 
field trip. No place new to me, but new friends made it seem new. We left 
about 
2:30pm because it was in the 90's and there was no shade. 
> 
> Bill 
Tompkins 
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